Curb-protector.



No. 773,451. PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904. J. B. ANSLEY.

CURB PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.23, 1903..

N0 MODEL.

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JOHN B. ANSLEY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOFRANCIS B. HULL, OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

CURB-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,451, dated October25, 1904. Applicatioii filed December 23, 1903. Serial No. 186,375. (Nomodel.)

To all 1071 0712 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. ANSLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curb-Protectors, ofwhich the followingis a specification, reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a curb-protector or corner-shield, andparticularly to means for securing or anchoring the same within a bodyof concrete or similar material.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and eflicientconstruction of reversible corner-bar and also a cooperating anchoradapted to receive a tenon formed upon said bar.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof specificallyclefined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective showing theapplication of the invention to a curb; Fig. 2, a perspective of thebar, and Fig. 3 a similar View of the anchor for the bar.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The letter A designates the corner-bar, which may be of any preferredcross-section, but is preferably provided with curved faces A, havingconverging side walls A extending inwardly therefrom and joined at theirbases to form opposite abutting dovetailed tenons, thus forming a barsimilar in construction upon each face in order that it may be reversedin position whenever desired.

rial within which it is embedded. Such a body of embedding material isshown at O in Fig. 1, while a finishing-surface O, of cement orgranolithic, is indicated at C.

In the application of the invention the body of concrete is placedwithin a mold or form, and while still soft or plastic the bar, with theanchors attached, is embedded within the concrete and forced downwardtherein to its proper position, the heads upon the anchor serving tocontact with the walls of the form to guide and hold it in properposition. When thus inserted, the concrete sets about the bar and anchorand firmly secures it in position, when the finishing-surface may beapplied. It will be seen that the dovetailed connection with the anchorprevents any movement of the bar outwardly therefrom or anydisengagement by a lateral movement incident to pressure against the bardue to backing a wagon into contact therewith or from any other cause.The heads upon the anchor being disposed flush with the surface of thematerial also form a protectingface and efl'ectually prevent anylongitudinal movement of the anchor within the concrete. The reversiblecharacter of the bar greatly lengthens the life thereof and in the eventof injury or a resetting of the curb permits a complete reversalthereof, thus presenting a new wearing-surface and effecting a materialsaving in the permanent maintenance of the corner-protector. The bar maybe formed of any material-for instance, galvanized steel' while theanchor, if desired, may be of castiron. The invention has been describedas applied to a curb; but'it will be obvious that it is applicable toany other position where a corner is to be protected.

It will be seen that changes may be made in the details of constructionand configuration without departing from the spirit of the invention asdefined bythe appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, whatI claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a curb-protector, a bar extending between the opposite verticalfaces of a curb and an anchoring-mortise upon one side thereof disposeddiagonally to and in the plane of the body of the bar, and a corner-barprovided upon its opposite sides with tenons to fit the mortise, wherebysaid corner-bar is reversibly disposed at an acute angle to theanchor-bar.

2. A corner bar having a tenon with a curved face and converging sidewalls, and a support comprising a body having enlarged heads at itsopposite ends and an intermediate mortise to receive said tenon.

3. In a curb-protector, a horizontally-disposed bar extending betweenthe opposite vertical faces of a curb and having a laterallydisposedanchoring-mortise upon the upper face thereof disposed in the plane ofthe body of the anchor, and a reversible corner-bar provided with tenonsto fit said mortise and supported diagonally above said anchor at theintersection of the front and top surfaces of the curb.

4:. A corncr'bar comprising opposite dovetailed tenons joined at theirbase and having curved outer faces, and an anchor comprising a bodyhaving a lateral extension therefrom provided with a mortise, anddovetailed heads at the opposite ends of said body.

5. In a curb-protector, an anchor having a body extending between theopposite vertical faces of the curb, and a corner-bar disposed upon theupper face of said anchor to provide a shield at the intersection of thefront and top surfaces of the curb.

6. In a curb-protector, an anchor having a body extending between theopposite vertical faces of the curb, and a reversible corner-bar havingopposite similar faces, one of which is secured to the upper face ofsaid anchor while the opposite face provides ashield at the corner ofthe curb.

7. In a curb-protector, a support having a body extending between theopposite vertical faces of the curb, and a corner-bar carried by saidsupport to provide a shield at the intersection of the front and topfaces of the curb.

8. In a curb-protector, a support embedded within a curb compositionextending between the opposite vertical faces of the. curb and providedwith a recess, and a corner-bar having opposite similar faces either ofwhich is adapted to fit said recess.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. ANSLEY.

itnesses:

JOHN OLEee, J. M. QUINTERO.

